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Venezuelan

American  
[ven-uh-zwey-luhn, ‑-zwee-] / ˌvɛn əˈzweɪ lən, ‑ˈzwi- /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the republic of Venezuela.


noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of the republic of Venezuela.

venezuelan British  
/ ˌvɛnɪˈzweɪlən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Venezuela or its inhabitants

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Venezuela

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • anti-Venezuelan adjective
  • pro-Venezuelan adjective

Example Sentences

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A soldier made over $400,000 profiting from inside information on the U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro — and made a clumsy attempt to cover it up, according to an indictment.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

Federal authorities allege that a soldier involved in the operation to capture Venezuelan strongman netted more than $400,000 in profit from Polymarket wagers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

“They’re popular within the population,” said Ronal Rodriguez, a researcher at the Venezuelan Observatory at the University of Rosario in Colombia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

What Walz means by the US's "position in Venezuela" is that while Chevron is the only US company that has extracting capabilities in the country, others are buying Venezuelan oil from domestic producers.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

In 2004 two U.S. anthropologists and a Venezuelan medical researcher proposed that Native American susceptibility to infectious disease might have a second cause: helper-T cells, which like HLAs help the immune system recognize foreign objects.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann